Xi to host Putin and Modi as China presents rival front to US
Shanghai Cooperation Organization security meeting will mark Indian PM’s first visit in 7 years
US bars Palestinian leader Abbas from UN meeting to recognise state
Trump administration extends visa ban to include authority’s president
Letter: Vision favoured by crypto elites is extreme and dystopian
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Letter: Washington’s role in the history of Ukraine crisis
From Robert Hunter, Former US ambassador to Nato and negotiator for Nato of the Nato-Ukraine Charter, Washington, DC, US
Letter: ‘Jaws’ plus a beach holiday did not go swimmingly
From Michael Durham, Worthing, Sussex, UK
Letter: Pompeo is not the first to engage in fruitless flattery
From John Bates, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK
Letter: Crime has shifted away from personal grievances
From Troy Snowden, Olton, Solihull, West Midlands, UK
Letter: Slovenly attire in summer still deserves short shrift
From Richard M Warshauer, New York, NY, US
Letter: Jazz pianist’s rendition was another key influence
From Geoff Wills, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK
Letter: Success is the real X factor
From Rahul Gautam, Oakland, CA, US
Letter: Recycled building blocks? Stick to mud and straw
From Jane Swan, Delabole, Cornwall, UK
Correction: Chris Philp
British shadow home secretary Chris Philp’s surname was misspelt in an article on August 23. We apologise for the error
Letter: How this nonagenarian remembers to slow down
From Sam Scott, Philadelphia, PA, US
Trump’s tariffs ruled illegal by US appeals court but stay in place
Judges uphold ruling that the president exceeded his authority
Letter: French PM’s cheese joke fails to see the hole picture
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George Parker talks to Anna Gross, Robert Shrimsley and Stephen Bush
US regulator approves at-home Alzheimer’s drug from Eisai and Biogen
Go ahead for Leqembi shot by Food and Drug Administration could help revive two companies’ sluggish sales
US tech stocks drop as AI uncertainty knocks chip groups
Marvell Technology and Nvidia shares slip after earnings disappoint investors
Middle East KFC operator Americana to move away from US brands after Gaza boycott
Sales at fast-food franchise operator tumbled when consumers turned on western outlets over American support for Israel
Uncle Sam to become Intel’s biggest shareholder
What does an interventionist White House mean for big business?
Trump moves to scrap $4.9bn in already allocated US foreign aid
US president makes new effort to assert power over Congress with bid to cut ‘woke’ funding
The calculated silence of America’s business and finance leaders
As Donald Trump has launched a series of blunt interventions in the corporate and financial worlds, he has received little pushback from industry or investors